Finding the world where I belong

Chapter 8 : First Day of School Was OK (Ryu's POV)

After Natsumi left to put on her gi, I walked over to Akimitsu sensei.

"Sensei, what do you have planned for her?"I asked, letting curiosity get the best of me.

"You'll see,"Akimitsu-Sensei said, as he made his way over to Rider-Sensei: The boy's intermediate level sensei. They began talking for a quick minute before giving each other a hard nod to each other. Akimitsu sensei went back to his original spot where he was before.

"What are they up to?"I muttered to myself as I drifted off to my place of wonders.

A minute later, Natsumi came out in what I saw was a forest green go with a 5th Dan black belt tied around her waist. Her feet made echoes as everyone stared at her belt wide eyed except for, surprisingly, Akimitsu sensei and me. I expected her to have some black belt on her after the whole thing I heard in the office. You can tell the level of a high ranked belt by the color and amount of lines in the edge of the belt. Akimitsu-Sensei, I don't know but he is a wise teacher so he must've expected a high ranked belt as well.

Immediately whispers began to fill the gym of how someone like her got a black belt or no something like 'no wonder she beat Yamina-sensei' or words close to that.

"Changed and ready to go,'' she said with her hands on her hips, long black hair tied back and accessories out of her hair.

"I would like you to spar with Rider over here,'' he said, pointing to the intermediate sensei using his hand in an open gesture.

"Wait, you want me", she pointed to herself "to fight against him,'' she pointed back to the man Akimitsu sensei was referring to. Her face showed no emotion but her eyes reveal shock and disbelief.

"That's correct. Are you up for the challenge?'' he questioned, tilting his head up a bit. A sign of power and rank could be seen if someone walked in the room at this moment.

"Bring it on!",She exclaimed with a grin, displaying to many people the fangs that I didn't think she had. I could see the excitement in her eyes as she walked over to the mat that the boys use to spar on; hands grasped onto her belt while she walked. Natsumi's personality changed once she gets into a fight. The sudden change from the rude and emotionless to eagerness and enthusiasm intrigued me.

'She had a bad experience in the past. I can feel it', I thought.

Once she made her way over to the mat, her and Rider-sensei got into their fighting stances. They both had good defensive stance but if I had a choice between sensei and Natsumi, I'd say Natsumi's stance was better. She stood up straight, her arms on either side sturdy but ready for any kind of attack. She looked like she's aware of her surroundings while maintaining an eye on her opponent. Sensei was in a defensive stance where his right foot as all the way out, leaned back on his left with one hand in front of the other; hands opened and relaxed. Rider-sensei still had an advantage with height, age and strength. Then again, It was only a statistical guess.

"Hajime!", Akimitsu-sensei shouted.

At that moment, Rider-sensei launched forward using his left leg and with his right, he used it to pivot to roundhouse kick Natsumi since his legs were long. Long enough to strike her in the face.

''why won't she move?!' I thought anxiously.

At the final moment, her left arm shot up quickly and blocked the kick. She didn't even budge! Natsumi didn't wince, flinch, nor has her body showed any signs of taking any damage.

"My turn", Natsumi coldly stated.

Swiftly using his momentum against him, she trapped Rider-sensei's leg using her arm and used it to pull Rider-Sensei towards her to give him hard jabs to his stomach. The only thing that could be heard was his grunts with every hit she gave him.